According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), every year an estimated 292 people are killed and 18,000 are injured when drivers back into them. These types of accidents usually occur in driveways or parking lots, and young children and the elderly are most likely to be killed in such crashes. The risk of… Read More

In early March a pedestrian was killed on Interstate 5 north of Woodland when a tractor-trailer crashed into him. The fatal pedestrian accident occurred early on the morning of March 3rd. Phillip Reich of Covington was driving the tractor-trailer in the right lane on I-5 when he noticed a blue Toyota Prius on the right… Read More

Last year a horrific pedestrian DUI accident occurred in Seattle. Karina Schulte and her 10-day-old son were crossing the street in Seattle’s Wedgewood neighborhood last March with her parents when a repeat drunk driver plowed through the family. Karina’s parents were killed and Karina and her son Elias were critically injured. For the last year,… Read More

In 2011, 4,432 pedestrians were killed and 70,000 injured in traffic accidents across the United States. On average, a pedestrian is injured every 8 minutes in traffic crashes. While these statistics are startling, they are not new. Pedestrian accidents have been on the increase in recent years due to numerous factors, including texting, distracted driving,… Read More

According to Washington’s Preliminary 2013 Annual Collision Summary, 1,700 Washington pedestrians were involved in a fatal/injury related collision with an automobile in 2013. In fact, a pedestrian (or bicyclist) was involved in a crash almost every three hours. Further, a pedestrian (or bicyclist) was killed in a crash with a vehicle every six days. Pedestrian… Read More

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